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Do you guys give men spelling tests prior to having a relationship? Amazing. It has never even come up...not even to a man I was married to for over 18 years.
Do you guys give men spelling tests prior to having a relationship? Amazing. It has never even come up...not even to a man I was married to for over 18 years.
When you meet online, you first start communicating through the written word, so I think that's why some people are more critical of it. It's part of the first impression. If you meet offline, it might be a while before you see how that person writes and if you already like them, it probably won't matter so much by then.
It's pretty entertaining so far... I'm up to 23 messages in the past 4 hours, and 3 seem like they're from decent guys. Unfortunately, of those 3 only one is looking for any type of commitment. The other two are quite adamant about not wanting anything more than a hookup.
Thank you so much, but I'll use my own judgement as to 'what message a woman sitting alone in a bar' sends...I don't need input from some overheated judgemental jabroni cherry-picking posts on a chat forum as to what my thought processes should be...and if, by chance, she IS sitting alone in a bar, then guess what---she, like me, is an adult and can do what she dang well pleases...boy, some people have a pair the size of the Titanic, the way they just run off at the mouth trying to tell everyone else how to live
And furthermore, had you bothered to actually read more of the exchange between the OP and poster xxaimeexx, you would have seen that she had apologized profusely to the OP for some of the things she said because she had misread some of the OP's posts, and the OP accepted her apology graciously, basically saying no harm, no foul...
But no, you come rolling in from left field like some cerealbox badass-wannabe, flapping your gums about 'women alone in bars being drunken w**res' and about xxaimeexx setting her brother up with an online profile...when she clearly stated her brother is disabled, and she loves him deeply...which makes him more of a catch on his worst day than you with a head start...
Next time, try actually gathering a few facts before setting your mouth on autoblab
She attacked the OP for not wanting to consider dating her brother who happens to have Cerebral Palsy on about page 26 of this thread and then apologized around page 40. Pardon me for not reading the entire thread before adding my 2 cents.
And I stand by my original statement of what men tend to think of women who sit alone in bars.
Well, I've flaked out on people before too. The first time he did it was years ago when we were both younger, so I was willing to give him another chance. It's very common with online dating for people to get bored/distracted and stop responding for whatever reason. I felt like he was worth a second shot, but it looks like it's just not meant to be for us. I like knowing that for sure though instead of having to wonder about it, so I'm ok with it.
I've never actually looked into hiring a matchmaker, but from what I've heard about it, I'm skeptical that it would work for me.
Here's another piece of unsolicited advice - don't flake out on people, it's not nice lady-like behavior and it will shine right through, Mr. Potentially Right For You may not want to stick around to see the ending of the story.
Do you guys give men spelling tests prior to having a relationship? Amazing. It has never even come up...not even to a man I was married to for over 18 years.
No, but I'm thinking about it if I ever date again.
As I said, my ex couldn't spell cat if you put a gun to his head, but he had other talents--he was an amazing carpenter and could fix anything and was creative and artistic. I AM a good writer and speller, though, so naturally I would notice something like this, just as he would notice shoddy woodwork. (I don't have a college degree and neither did my husband.)
Seriously, if I were ever to attempt dating again, my criteria would not be a college degree or the ability to spell/write correctly, it would be reading. After all these years, I think that's the key for me: If he doesn't read books, we don't have anything in common. However, usually good spelling/grammar goes hand in hand with reading.
Here's another piece of unsolicited advice - don't flake out on people, it's not nice lady-like behavior and it will shine right through, Mr. Potentially Right For You may not want to stick around to see the ending of the story.
When I say "flake out", I mean that there have been times where I have been communicating with guys on dating sites and then I just stop responding. It happens. Sometimes these guys will follow up with me again at a later time and sometimes they don't. Sometimes I will follow up with them at a later time, and sometimes I don't. I'm not saying that I "flake out" by setting up dates with people and then just not following through or that sort of thing.
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